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Enterrement chez les Bacotjé Le cerceuil, partie postérieure. Congo littoral
ca. 1907
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Enterrement chez les Bacotjé. Le cerceuil, partie postérieure. Congo littoral." Translated postcard caption reads: "Burial among the Bacotjé. The casket, background. Coastal Congo." Manuscript message on recto, message reads: "Oscar Berton. Chef de chantier aux chemins de fer supérieur aux grands lacs africains. Kindu. Haut-Congo." Translated message reads: " Oscar Berton, chief of the building site of the main railway at the big african lakes. Kindu. Upper Congo." Manuscript address on verso, postmarked postage stamps on verso, date reads: "25 FEVR 07.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1907
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1985-140822
Collection: African Postcard Collection